The Nigerian carrier has taken delivery of the first Embraer regional jet in the form of 5N-BUY (msn 145144), a former Shuttle America aircraft, on January 31. It expects the delivery of another aircraft of the type in the coming days.

"We will organise our plan to link many cities in the North and South of Nigeria under the subsidiary. Under Air Peace Hopper, we hope to connect routes such as Enugu-Kano, Cotonou-Port Harcourt Omagwa, Port Harcourt-Kano, Lagos-Warri-Port Harcourt, Lagos-Warri-Abuja, Lagos-Kaduna, Lagos-Sokoto, Abuja-Sokoto, Abuja-Bauchi, Lagos-Makurdi, Lagos-Jos, among others," Chairman and CEO Allen Onyema has said.

The airline plans to increase its fleet to twenty-four aircraft within three years from the current twenty, including the six ERJ-145s and an ex-EmiratesB777-200(ER) slated for delivery later this year. The new aircraft will include a further three B777-200(ER)s.

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